Toy dart



1321-38? AU EX D2676 XR 282,638

(No Model.)

J. D. HOOKER.

TOY DART.

No. 282,688. Patented Aug. 7, 1883.

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TOY DART.

SPECIFICATION forming part; of Letters Patent No. 282,638, dated August '7, 1881.

Application tiled January 27, 1583.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that. I. Joux I). ltt'ioul-ln. of

San Franeiseo, State of tatit'ornia, hare in- Vented a new and improved Toy. of whieh the following is a. speeitieation.

My invention eonsists in an improved dart. which can either be thrown direct from the hand or swung by a string attaehed thereto to be released to fly forward with centrifugal force to stiek into a target at whieh it may be aimed.

.ln the aeeompauying drawing the figure is a full-sized yiew of my deyiee.

The dart consists of a wooden or metal ball, A, with a spike, B, projecting from its surt'aee. At the Opposite side to where the spike projects a wire stem t, is provided, with an eye 1), at the end to which eye is attached a string, E.

F 1* Fare three ot'the win or tail feathers of a few], stat-k into the flat. face of the eouieal ball A, and so twisted and set in relation to each other as to have the effect ot givingthe dart a rotary motion as it flies through the air. The ball may be of wood or metal. and either round 01 conical in shape.

(No model.)

The dart may be thrown t'rom the hand direet. t'or short distant-es. or t'rom the end of the st ring 1'] by swinging it around onee or twiee and then suddenly releasing it to tly forward with great t'oree. 'lhe st ring ean be used also to draw the dart bael; out ol'the target it may be thrown at. thus saving the operator from tray'elinglntek and t'orth in reeoyering his dart.

i do not broadly elaim the invention ot'a toy dart havinga spike in trout and retarding; wingshehind. for many sueh darts are known. My deyiee eonsists in the partieular way I make the dart.

\Vhat .l elaim as my invention. and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

The improved toy dart eonsisting' ot'theeombination of the ball A. spike l3. seeured therein and the tail-leathers I seeured directly in and projecting from the ball A. in the manner deseribed. and for the purpose set forth.

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